OC Kiss Week Day One — Almost

10 songs, 10 people

I was tagged by @k--havok to do this tag! Thanks for taking me in this. I'll tag @elizaellwrites @dragonedged-if and @sabrina-author as well as an open tag for anyone else who would like to do this tag.

Rules: put your library on shuffle and post the first ten songs, then tag ten people

I have a playlist that contains most of the music I listen to nearly every day when I go out to do something and very often when I do other things at home. This is a full list of songs that I have in separated playlists depending on how I feel or in the mood for. It doesn't contain all the songs I listen to, but it's just what I have downloaded on my phone. Also, as something who loves a good bassline in music, a lot of the songs I have contain a good bassline. I'll put a 🎸 next to the songs that have this next to the songs below.

Riot by Three Days Grace 🎸

Rebirthing by Skillet 🎸

Believe by Hollywood Undead

Gone Forever by Three Days Grace 🎸

So far gone by Thousand Foot Krutch

The phoenix by Fall Out Boy 🎸

Boulevard of broken dreams by Green Day 🎸

One more light by Linkin Park

One step closer by Linkin Park 🎸

Sound of madness by Shinedown 🎸

Heads up, seven up tag

I was tagged by @k--havok do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this! Sorry for the quietness on my end, had a little to get done lately. I will tag @elizaellwrites and @sabrina-author to do this tag.

In this excerpt, Jet decides to play his bass a little bit with Evander as his audience for a bit.

After the pause, he said that he was versatile in playing styles and could play almost anything. Plus, he was testing out how well this bass would do with a few playing styles and was more than impressed. They asked him to play something heavy as that was something they wouldn’t mind hearing at the moment.

“How heavy were you thinking?” He asked, switching into the correct humbucker position.

“Surprise me.” They smiled before adding, “You’d be surprised what kind of heavy music I love.”

“Alright, just let me know if it's too heavy.”

He began on the lighter side to start with that quickly turned into a heavier style akin to heavy metal. Knowing how some popular songs had this, he understood how to do this and executed it well.

It was deep, aggressive, and heavy hitting as he played quickly. His tone was, as he thought, imperfect to how his tone normally was on bass. Still, he was happy with it and just had to get to know this bass a little better. To be expected.

Most of what he played was on the heavier side and accented with the lighter playing. It was about the average length of a song of this genre. They enjoyed what he played and complemented his skill with a bass guitar.

Last line w/a Twist tag

I was tagged by @dragonedged-if to do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this. I will tag @faeveries @elizaellwrites @k--havok and @sabrina-author to do this tag!

This is from the same Wip that takes place after Our first meeting.

And something that he didn't have to make himself sounded like a dream with the little desire he had for doing much at the moment.

OC Kiss Week Day Two

This is the background on Evander's (they/them) phone and they're being kissed on their cheek by their partner Jet (he/him). It's also their favorite picture of them together and loves it so much that they wanted it to be their phone's background.

This is a scene planned for a chapter later on in my WIP J&E.

Heads Up, Seven Up Tag

I've been tagged by @k--havok to do this tag. Thank you for including me in this! I will tag @elizaellwrites and @faeveries since I'm still new to the writing community here.

This is an excerpt from the last WIP I wrote and have yet to post, but will be up soon! Here's eight lines from it and it's the start of a heavy scene with Jet and Evander.

After trying to do some things on their laptop to give Jet some space and being completely unable to, they went to check on him to make sure everything was alright. This was eating away at their nerves like corrosive battery acid.

The quietness in the apartment was almost unsettling and their worry about him wasn’t a good combination. They could hear some soft crying from him nearing the dark room and turning on the light once they entered. Jet was covered up and had his head under the blanket, tightly curled up in a tight, tiny ball underneath.

Sitting on the bed next to his curled up body, they softly said his name wanting to help ease the pain, or at least try. He whimpered out that he wanted to be left alone right now with his pain. Hearing this, they knew he was more than hurt and they couldn't bear leaving him to suffer alone like this.

Character voice tag

Thank you @elizaellwrites for tagging me in this! I have a total of 18 characters who make an appearance in my WIP J&E and I'm going to do something with each of my characters for this tag.

My prompt was: Calling to ride shotgun in a car or vehicle.

Evander: I'm probably gonna regret doing this with my sedan and being a teacher for you Jet, but let's try to make it out in one piece alive, okay?

Jet: You think I can dive? There's a reason I only have a permit and not a driver's license yet. Evander can tell you all about that.

Averi: So you think I'm a disaster of a driver? Hey! I got us there in one piece and only two hours late. That isn't improvement from last time? Then I call shotgun! At least I can still be in the front that way.

Serna: I'm an expert at finding where we need to go as we're out. You want to enjoy the day and do fun things, you want me riding shotgun.

Gunnar: I'm six foot two. The back seat is going to have me compressed. I'm taking the passenger seat since no one is going to be sitting behind me and I can adjust the seat.

Micha: I'm not driving on that crazy road myself so I'm leaving that to you my dear.

Jasper: Why can't I have a little royal treatment and have the passenger side for once and not drive all the time?

Amber: I won the game! Passenger side is mine!

Derryl: I get to ride shotgun home if I win this final game of bowling against you. Is that a deal unless you think you'll lose?

Liber: You? Driving? This ought to be good. Let's see if you can get us there with time to spare. I'm going to be silently judging you along the way, just so you know.

Marla: Honestly, I'd get more enjoyment out of this trip if I didn't have to drive, so I'm not going to. Not doing anything I don't need to on vacation.

Elliot: How else do you expect me to appreciate the scenery during the drive over? You've been there before and I haven't so I get to be in the passenger seat to see the beautiful scenery leading up to our location.

Ainsley: I'm not usually in the passenger side when I go out with all of you, but I actually like it more than driving despite being the best driver out of everyone here.

Samantha: You know where this place is you wanna take me out so show me sweetie. I don't know where it is and you want to treat me, so if you do this I'll pay for the dinner. Deal?

Aria: After all that I am going to sit in the passenger seat. And we're not taking the freeway next time I drive! Too stressful for my blood.

Milliey: *Running out to the car against her friends* I call shotgun! I called it!

Felix: How else would you be able to hear the new rhythm I came up with if I don't call shotgun? Exactly, you want a drummer this is the territory that comes with, now let's go pick up my new kit.

Sasha: You'll get yourself lost if I don't go with you. Remember the last time you refused to look up the address before you left? I'm directing you.

I'm going to tag @foxys-fantasy-tales @fracturedfable @k--havok @athenswrites and leave an open tag for anyone else who would like to do this.

Your prompt is: What are we doing today?

A ten, but... Tag

Thank you @sabrina-author for tagging me in this! I will use my characters who have appeared more than once in my WIP for this.

I'll be tagging @k--havok and @elizaellwrites

Jet- He's a 10, but doesn't give himself credit for what he does quite often.

Evander- They're a 10, but they are the CEO of being stubborn and about the strangest things at times.

Serna- She's a 10, but appears as if she has a full pot of coffee in the morning with her boundless energy.

Marla- She's a 10, but it's never for the right reasons.

Update on my hiatus and for my page.

I'm going to be returning now and I have some updates for my page as well as my WIP.

I'm going to be changing my theme

I will no longer be posting my WIP here as I'm going to be working on it off of Tumblr and try to publish it later. The reason for this is because I was talking with someone about my WIP and they were interested in it, saying that it should be considered for publishing. I didn't have much luck with my first, but they gave me some good resources. However, if it still falls through I could always self publish.

I'll still be writing and posting on here with everything explained in a pinned post.

WIP themes

I was tagged by @k--havok to do this tag. Thank you for tagging me in this! I'm going to leave an open tag for whoever wants to do this as I haven't been feeling well recently and have started to get better. I'll leave the template under the cut if you would like to do this.

Rules—bold themes that appear in your WIP and italicize themes that are loosely covered.

addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfillment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence (sort of?) | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion (fictional religion is mentioned so?) | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth

For you to use

addiction | beauty | betrayal | change vs. tradition | chaos vs. order | circle of life | coming of age | communication | convention vs. rebellion | corruption | courage | crime and law | dangers of ignorance | darkness and light | death | desire to escape | dreams | displacement | empowerment | facing darkness | facing reality | faith vs. doubt | fall from grace | fame and fortune | family | fate | fear | fear of failure | free will | friendship | fulfillment | good vs. bad | government | greed | guilt and forgiveness | hard work | heroism | hierarchy | honesty | hope | identity crisis | immortality | independence | individual vs. society | inner vs. outer strength | innocence (sort of?) | injustice | isolation | knowledge vs. ignorance | life | loneliness | lost love | love | man vs. nature | manipulation | materialism | motherhood | nature | nature vs. nurture | oppression | optimism | peer pressure | poverty | power | power of words | prejudice | pride | progress | quest | racism | rebirth | relationships | religion (fictional religion is mentioned so?) | responsibility | revenge | sacrifice | secrets | self-awareness | self-preservation | self-reliance | sexuality | social class structure | survival | technology | temptation and destruction | time | totalitarianism | weakness | vanity | war | wealth | wisdom of experience | youth

Thank you for tagging me in this @elizaellwrites! Love the questions you gave me and I will be using four characters from my WIP J&E.

More under the cut.

What is your favorite/most precious object?

Jet: My most precious object? It's my silver bass that Evander gifted me. *Smiling so big at the thought of them* To me it's so much more than an instrument as it is a physical token of their love at this point. And don't even think of harming it or else.

Evander: I don't really have a physical object that's my favorite or most precious, but I do consider music Jet plays and creates my favorite. I don't care what anyone says about that one. *Smiling as they say this*

Gunnar: I have a fluorite crystal tree I think is beautiful and have it on my desk for decoration. What? Who said lawyers are boring people who can't like beautiful things?

Marla: I have a croton plant I have in the backyard and it's huge. Took a while to do but it's impressive and I love it.

Who are your best friends/closest allies?

Jet: My best friends in life are Averi and my partner, Evander. My other friends are Ainsley, Aria, Elliott, Felix, Samantha, and Jasper.

Evander: Jet is my best friend even though he's my partner, but I think it's wonderful to have your partner be your best friend. As for my friend group, I have my two friends from college, Samantha and Jasper, and Jet's friends, Averi, Ainsley, Aria, Elliott, and Felix. Though out of his friends, I get along best with Averi, Aria, and Ainsley.

Gunnar: Just a few work colleges that I have close relationships with outside of work and my law firm partner.

Marla: Just some friends I have online from a few years ago I made when I was younger and hung out with often. Like to keep in touch that way.

Do you have any obsessions?

Jet: I think it's music and things that go into music production, but a certain someone says it's caffeine. Don't know why, I just have four bags of coffee and a large box of energy drinks I enjoy.

Evander: Have you seen my cabinet? It's tea. I love it and I'm a self proclaimed tea addict.

Gunnar: You want to know what the best type of coffee is for your taste, I'm the one who can tell you. I've tried a lot of different coffees to know what the differences are.

Marla: Landscaping designs are my thing and why I have a half complete degree in it. It's so beautiful and interesting that you can't help but love.

What's your family like?

Jet: *silence and slowly blinking* Can we go to the next question? I hate talking about this and I don’t want to either. Don’t care for any of it at all and want to forget about it all.

Evander: My family is very warm, accepting, and supportive. We are close knit and even though my sister and I are eight years apart, we’re very close and she looks to me as a role model which I’m honored to hold that position in her eyes.

Gunnar: I work a lot and I would love to have more time away from work to be with my family and son. But from what I hear, everything is going well and is when I’m there, so I’m glad and happy with that knowledge. Plus I will be able to have more time with them one day.

Marla: It’s very quiet and easy going. Can’t say that anything is going wrong with it and things are going well. Nothing to complain about.

Do you look up to anyone in particular?

Jet: I've always liked Salem from Ravenge and her demeanor, as well as being one of my favorite bassists who influenced me. She's truly one of the best and is an advocate for so many things that she is a certified badass.

Evander: Those who use their skills and voice to do good in the world on the behalf of others. It doesn't matter what their skill is that allows them to have a big enough voice, as long as they have that, I hold those people in high standing.

Gunnar: I wouldn't say look up to as much as I admire these types of people; those who overcome their difficult circumstances and come out on top despite everything. Those people have a drive few possess and that in of itself is highly admirable. So I suppose you could say I look up to those people by my reasoning.

Marla: I don't have anyone who I look up to as I don't care for that sort of thing. It's nothing to me and I won't bother.

I’m going to tag @kcooper95, @foxys-fantasy-tales, @fracturedfable, and @k--havok

Your questions are:

What is your favorite memory

What is your favorite way to spend a Sunday?

If you could have any object, what would it be and why?

What is your favorite type of music?

If you could have any skill, what would you choose and why?